236 Quotes by Jonathan Tropper

You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you’ve lost. I know this to be wise and true, just as I know that pretty much no one can do it.

Sometimes you walk past a pretty girl on the street there’s something beyond beauty in her face, something warm and smart and inviting, and in the three seconds you have to look at her, you actually fall in love, and in those moments, you can actually know the taste of her kiss, the feel of her skin against yours, the sound of her laugh, how she’ll look at you and make you whole. And then she’s gone, and in the five seconds afterwards, you mourn her loss with more sadness than you’ll ever admit to.

You’re terrified of being alone. Anything you do now will be motivated by that fear. You have to stop worrying about finding love again. It will come when it comes. Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.

I want someone who will love me and touch me and understand me and let me take care of them, but beyond that, I don’t know.

Until you found your way out of the woods, it was reassuring to find other people lost in them with you.

In real life, you don’t get to choose what you forget.

Don’t you ever worry about the future?” I asked. Jack shrugged. “This is the future,” he said.

I think about making a list of all the things I need to tell people before it’s too late.

If at first you don’t succeed, lower you expectations.